A Balm in Gilead

It as the only song that brought me some comfort on 9.11.01. So I listened to it that night and for days afterward. I didn’t completely understand it, but its comfort felt like an embrace, so I continued to listen. As I kept on listening to it, I came to understand it was telling me about just what I needed in that moment. It was one of the only songs to give me some hope during those heart wrenching days.

I did not know then as I do now, how many times I would need to hold on to this song and its message for the hope it brings.